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Article History

Received: 20 May 2025

Accepted: 12 August 2025

First Online: 25 September 2025

Declarations

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: The Ethics Committee of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (IR.MUMS.FHMPM.REC.1403.187) reviewed and approved this study. All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees, as well as the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. All participants received oral and written information about the study. All participants gave their written informed consent to participate. Participants were also free to withdraw during the study at any moment during the process. Lastly, confidentiality and privacy were observed in the study.

: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data or identifiable information requiring consent for publication.

: The authors declare no competing interests.